Something that amazes me is how handcrafted everything looks.

Possible spoilers about the environments and fauna, only details from the posted leaks.

When you are watching the leaks it is easy to forget that none of this stuff was placed by a person. The outposts in particular are outstanding. We've all seen it done before like with Minecraft villages, but those are terribly implemented and stand out like a sore thumb in a otherwise untouched landscape. Everything I have seen so far in the leaks looks amazingly like it was put there by someone.

Then there was the underwater reef with the spiky balls. I couldn't believe that wasn't built by hand, it looked so natural and planned.

I think this is the core of what this game is all about. It's like mathematical porn. They spent years creating this formula that generated a galaxy full of things that look like someone had a hand in placing them meticulously.

Being someone who used to spend more time in the creation tools of games then the games themselves, I know what it feels like to be taken out of the immersion of a certain event because you know exactly how someone did it. I know that I will spend dozens of hours in this game marveling over the fact that someone did not, in fact, have anything physical to do with what I am seeing. That alone is more than enough to kick this hype train into overdrive.

Also, we all need to stay focused and remember what is important. One more week.